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Quotes About Sweetness

For honesty coupled to beauty, is to have honey a sauce to sugar.
~ William Shakespeare
the late afternoon sunlight, warm as oil, sweet as childhood ...
~ Stephen King, Carrie
there isn't enough of anything as long as we live. But at intervals a sweetness appears and, given a chance prevails.
~ Raymond Carver
Lyra bent over the open vessel and found the concentrated fragrance of every rose that had ever bloomed: a sweetness and power so profound that it moved beyond sweetness altogether and out of the other side of its own complexity into a realm of clear and simple purity and beauty. It was the smell of sunlight itself.
~ Philip Pullman
But he can also be incredibly sweet. And I know that, deep down, I mean the world to him. Deep down? That sounds like settling to me. You shouldn't have to venture deep down in order to get to love.
~ David Levithan
A half roll of Life Savers fused to the pockets, And in yet another, a lone unwrapped mint Had bundled itself in a stole of gray lint.
~ David Rakoff
Su voz era tan dulce que daba tristeza que reverberara en la noche helada.
~ Yasunari Kawabata
Disappointment cannot exist without expectation. "The expected apricot is never as sweet when it reaches the mouth.
~ Idries Shah
The Germans are sentimental. Their word Heimweh . The English say homesick; the same in plain Swedish. Hemsjuk . Leave it to the Germans to pull out, like some endless elastic belt of horrible sweetness, all that molasses woe.
~ Cynthia Ozick
Back then life was simple and sweet. Everything was simple and sweet. The taste of cherries, the cool shade, the fresh smell of the river. That was how we lived, in a vale among the hills, sheltered from the storms. Ignorant of the world, as though on an island. Peaceful and untroubled. And then. Then everything changed.
~ Cyril Pedrosa
I want to present a very strong and bold image, but with femininity. I love being sweet and salty all together.
~ Keke Palmer
To save money on gifts, give someone their favorite candy in a beautiful, customized vessel with a personalized tag. It's sweet and always appreciated.
~ Dylan Lauren
I'm kind of a 'Fix-It Felix' video girl. I like the simpler, sweeter kind of games.
~ Jane Lynch
As her gentle voice continued, Rhys had the sensation of floating, the red tide of fever easing. How strange and lovely it was to lie here half dozing in her arms, possibly even better than fucking... but that thought led to the indecent question of what it might be like with her... how she might lie quietly beneath him while he devoured all that petal softness and vanilla sweetness... and slowly he fell asleep in Lady Helen's arms.
~ Lisa Kleypas
My favorite, and all macho alpha men like you have a secret softer side and a sweet tooth. It's part of the breed.
~ Lisa Renee Jones
Maybe lime isn't my favorite normally, but it is right now. This piece of candy tastes better because it's his favorite, freely given, and that's true sweetness.
~ Unknown
Once you taste a little of the sweetness that life can be, there really is no going back.
~ Unknown
I love a girl with a sense of humor. Someone who can make me laugh and that I can get along with and talk with and who is just sweet overall, inside and out.
~ Logan Henderson
I think about how there's nothing in the world like laughing with my dad. I think about how knowledgeable he is on almost any topic and how fully he loves me and how kind he is—not just to me, but to everyone. The first thing people say about my father isn't how smart or funny he is, though he is both. The first thing they say is "He's so sweet." I
~ Lori Gottlieb
Everything's better with chocolate.
~ Jill Shalvis
No matter how much you eat, there's always room for dessert. Dessert doesn't go to the stomach, dessert goes to the heart.
~ Jill Shalvis
All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt.
~ Jill Shalvis
Likest thou jelly within thy doughnut?
~ Jim Butcher
Felicità. Semplice come un bicchiere di cioccolata o tortuosa come il cuore. Amara. Dolce. Viva.
~ Joanne Harris